diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
index 43b1f514dd..f09d0c206f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import static org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools.executePreparedStatements;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.field;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.inline;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.param;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.val;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.vals;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.jooq.Insert;
 import org.jooq.Record;
@@ -214,6 +216,15 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658,
         assertEquals(null, result3.getValue(0, 1));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testManyVarcharBindValues() throws Exception {
+
+        // [#1726] Check if large amounts of VARCHAR bind values can be handled
+        Record record = create().select(Collections.nCopies(1000, val("abc"))).fetchOne();
+        assertEquals(1000, record.size());
+        assertEquals(Collections.nCopies(1000, "abc"), asList(record.intoArray()));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSelectBindValues() throws Exception {
         Select<?> select =
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index c656f58239..37fc8cb2d9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1560,6 +1560,11 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new RenderAndBindTests(this).testUnknownBindTypes();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testManyVarcharBindValues() throws Exception {
+        new RenderAndBindTests(this).testManyVarcharBindValues();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSelectBindValues() throws Exception {
         new RenderAndBindTests(this).testSelectBindValues();